Free Republic

Just a week after the country’s top soldier told parliamentarians the military must be more open with Canadians, his organization broke the law by refusing to release a copy of a speech he presented in public. At issue is an ongoing attempt by this newspaper to obtain a written copy of a March 7 speech that Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre gave calling for increased openness and transparency. Typically, the Canadian Forces posts copies of such public speeches on its website and issues the material to news outlets. But Eyre’s office declined to do that and insisted...